Recent cetacean sightings
Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
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January 5, 2019 | 19:30 | Common Dolphin | 8 | 0 | Bow riding | 10 |
4 miles off Bradda head |
Ste Lee |
January 4, 2019 | 08:55 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 70 | 10 | Feeding or foraging | 275 |
Between Port Mooar and Maughold |
Laura, Elaine Murray and others |
January 2, 2019 | 14:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
West of the Sound |
Neil Barron |
January 2, 2019 | 12:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 20 |
Port Mooar |
Laura (Whats App group) |
January 2, 2019 | 15:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
West of Point of Ayre |
Liza Fennell |
January 1, 2019 | 12:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 30 |
Cornaa |
Natalie Leung |
December 27, 2018 | 11:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
The Ledges, Port St Mary |
Neil Barron |
December 21, 2018 | 11:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Laxey bay |
The Shed, Laxey |
December 17, 2018 | 08:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 50 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Onchan to Groudle |
Chris Callow, Colin |
November 27, 2018 | 12:00 | Unidentified Large Cetacean | 1 | 0 | Blowing | 5 |
2k off Chasms |
Neil Barron |
November 26, 2018 | 12:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 25 | 5 | Feeding or foraging | 240 |
Peel breakwater |
Drew Humphries, Tony Middlemass etc. |
November 25, 2018 | 15:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 25 | 5 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Peel castle |
Tom Felce |
November 24, 2018 | 13:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 25 | 5 | Fast swim or porpoising | 120 |
Orrisdale Head to Peel |
Colin and Alan Moffatt |
November 18, 2018 | 12:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Sugarloaf |
Caoilfhoinn Geraghty |
November 11, 2018 | 10:05 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Glen Maye to Peel |
Brian Maddrell, Peel breakwater kiosk |
Recent basking shark sightings
Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
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May 8, 2023 | 18:45 | 3 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 10 | White beach niarbyl | Matt Tyrer | ||
May 8, 2023 | 20:20 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Peel breakwater | Will holden | ||
May 7, 2023 | 12:00 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Point of Ayre | Liz Charter | |||
May 6, 2023 | 11:10 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Port Erin bay | Kathleen | |||
August 28, 2022 | 10:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 360 | Peel bay | Peter Bradley, Nia Clague and many others | |||
August 25, 2022 | 11:00 | 0 | 1 | Tight circling | 300 | Niarbyl | Keira & Owen, Stewart Ward | ||
August 24, 2022 | 08:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 240 | Peel Breakwater | John Hills, Max Crookall | |||
August 21, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Port Erin | Debbie McGregor | |||
August 20, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Parellel swimming | 10 | Peel Castle | Jonathan Reilly | |||
August 15, 2022 | 18:35 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Back of the Calf | Joshua and Jake, Paul, Tanya and others on Shona boat | |||
August 14, 2022 | 13:50 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | West of the Sound | MWDW | |||
August 13, 2022 | 19:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Langness | Laura Elizabeth | |||
August 11, 2022 | 19:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Warts Bank, Calf of Man | Gemini | |||
August 10, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Orrisdale head | Katie Robertson | |||
August 10, 2022 | 19:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Port Erin-Sound | John Rimmer |